Asparagus — Area harvested in Peru
Peru: Asparagus — Area harvested was 28,500 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Asparagus — Area harvested in Peru, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Peru recorded 28,500 ha for asparagus — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.1% on the previous year and down 10.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, asparagus — area harvested in Peru peaked at 33,870 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 410 ha, in 1973.
Peru ranks 4th of 50 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Asparagus — Area harvested in Peru, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,195 ha | +19.5% |
| 1967 | 1,180 ha | -1.3% |
| 1968 | 955 ha | -19.1% |
| 1969 | 940 ha | -1.6% |
| 1970 | 820 ha | -12.8% |
| 1971 | 570 ha | -30.5% |
| 1972 | 555 ha | -2.6% |
| 1973 | 410 ha | -26.1% |
| 1974 | 430 ha | +4.9% |
| 1975 | 460 ha | +7.0% |
| 1976 | 465 ha | +1.1% |
| 1977 | 693 ha | +49.0% |
| 1978 | 976 ha | +40.8% |
| 1979 | 1,363 ha | +39.7% |
| 1980 | 1,512 ha | +10.9% |
| 1981 | 2,351 ha | +55.5% |
| 1982 | 2,361 ha | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 2,443 ha | +3.5% |
| 1984 | 2,497 ha | +2.2% |
| 1985 | 3,108 ha | +24.5% |
| 1986 | 4,119 ha | +32.5% |
| 1987 | 4,802 ha | +16.6% |
| 1988 | 5,938 ha | +23.7% |
| 1989 | 8,256 ha | +39.0% |
| 1990 | 8,997 ha | +9.0% |
| 1991 | 10,706 ha | +19.0% |
| 1992 | 12,965 ha | +21.1% |
| 1993 | 17,671 ha | +36.3% |
| 1994 | 17,705 ha | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 20,126 ha | +13.7% |
| 1996 | 22,582 ha | +12.2% |
| 1997 | 16,619 ha | -26.4% |
| 1998 | 15,972 ha | -3.9% |
| 1999 | 18,653 ha | +16.8% |
| 2000 | 20,984 ha | +12.5% |
| 2001 | 19,038 ha | -9.3% |
| 2002 | 18,981 ha | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 18,470 ha | -2.7% |
| 2004 | 18,912 ha | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 18,192 ha | -3.8% |
| 2006 | 20,041 ha | +10.2% |
| 2007 | 23,547 ha | +17.5% |
| 2008 | 29,758 ha | +26.4% |
| 2009 | 29,467 ha | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 30,896 ha | +4.8% |
| 2011 | 33,144 ha | +7.3% |
| 2012 | 33,063 ha | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 33,673 ha | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 31,919 ha | -5.2% |
| 2015 | 33,870 ha | +6.1% |
| 2016 | 31,967 ha | -5.6% |
| 2017 | 32,365 ha | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 31,005 ha | -4.2% |
| 2019 | 31,700 ha | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 33,241 ha | +4.9% |
| 2021 | 32,027 ha | -3.7% |
| 2022 | 32,630 ha | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 29,719 ha | -8.9% |
| 2024 | 28,500 ha | -4.1% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 28,500 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,186 ha, 24.0× the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Peru's 28,500 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,554 ha, 18.3× the median. (7 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,030 ha | 940 ha | 1,195 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 674.2 ha | 410 ha | 1,363 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,739 ha | 1,512 ha | 8,256 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,200 ha | 8,997 ha | 22,582 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 21,739 ha | 18,192 ha | 29,758 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 32,360 ha | 30,896 ha | 33,870 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 31,223 ha | 28,500 ha | 33,241 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Peru
More agriculture & rural data for Peru
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 12.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0747 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 637.02 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.144 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.5% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is asparagus — area harvested in Peru?
- Asparagus — area harvested in Peru was 28,500 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest asparagus — area harvested recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 33,870 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest asparagus — area harvested recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 410 ha in 1973.
- How does Peru rank for asparagus — area harvested?
- Peru ranks 4th out of 50 countries with data for 2024.
- Is asparagus — area harvested rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Peru data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Asparagus — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.